diff --git a/src/Twig/FileLoader.php b/src/Twig/FileLoader.php
index e159fe6..6bc1d60 100644
--- a/src/Twig/FileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Twig/FileLoader.php
@@ -93,8 +93,26 @@ public function exists(string $name)
      */
     public function findTemplate(string $name): string
     {
+        $templatePaths = App::path('templates');
         if (file_exists($name)) {
-            return $name;
+            $name = str_replace('//', '/', $name);
+            // Check both app template paths and all plugins,
+            // as template from element() end up here too.
+            // We also need to protect against `{% include var_name %}`
+            // where var_name is request data.
+            foreach ($templatePaths as $templatePath) {
+                if (str_starts_with($name, $templatePath)) {
+                    return $name;
+                }
+            }
+            foreach (Plugin::loaded() as $pluginName) {
+                $pluginPath = Plugin::templatePath($pluginName);
+                if (str_starts_with($name, $pluginPath)) {
+                    return $name;
+                }
+            }
+
+            throw $this->loaderError($name, $templatePaths);
         }
 
         [$plugin, $name] = pluginSplit($name);
@@ -106,24 +124,35 @@ public function findTemplate(string $name): string
             if ($path !== null) {
                 return $path;
             }
-
             $error = "Could not find template `{$name}` in plugin `{$plugin}` in these paths:\n\n"
                 . "- `{$templatePath}`\n";
             throw new LoaderError($error);
         }
 
-        foreach (App::path('templates') as $templatePath) {
+        foreach ($templatePaths as $templatePath) {
             $path = $this->checkExtensions($templatePath . $name);
             if ($path !== null) {
                 return $path;
             }
         }
+        throw $this->loaderError($name, $templatePaths);
+    }
 
+    /**
+     * Create a LoaderError with template path list in the message.
+     *
+     * @param string $name The name of the template that could not be found.
+     * @param array $templatePaths List of template paths that were searched
+     * @return \Twig\Error\LoaderError
+     */
+    protected function loaderError(string $name, array $templatePaths): LoaderError
+    {
         $error = "Could not find template `{$name}` in these paths:\n\n";
-        foreach (App::path('templates') as $templatePath) {
+        foreach ($templatePaths as $templatePath) {
             $error .= "- `{$templatePath}`\n";
         }
-        throw new LoaderError($error);
+
+        return new LoaderError($error);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Twig/FileLoaderTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Twig/FileLoaderTest.php
index 05752e8..0577a72 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Twig/FileLoaderTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Twig/FileLoaderTest.php
@@ -83,13 +83,14 @@ public function testGetCacheKeyPluginNonExistingFile(): void
 
     public function testIsFresh(): void
     {
-        file_put_contents(TMP . 'TwigViewIsFreshTest', 'is fresh test');
-        $time = filemtime(TMP . 'TwigViewIsFreshTest');
+        $path = TEST_APP . 'templates/test_is_fresh.twig';
+        file_put_contents($path, 'is fresh test');
+        $time = filemtime($path);
 
-        $this->assertTrue($this->loader->isFresh(TMP . 'TwigViewIsFreshTest', $time + 5));
-        $this->assertTrue(!$this->loader->isFresh(TMP . 'TwigViewIsFreshTest', $time - 5));
+        $this->assertTrue($this->loader->isFresh($path, $time + 5));
+        $this->assertTrue(!$this->loader->isFresh($path, $time - 5));
 
-        unlink(TMP . 'TwigViewIsFreshTest');
+        unlink($path);
     }
 
     public function testIsFreshNonExistingFile(): void
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/View/TwigViewTest.php b/tests/TestCase/View/TwigViewTest.php
index 06a0bc1..294e90c 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/View/TwigViewTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/View/TwigViewTest.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 use Cake\I18n\I18n;
 use Cake\TestSuite\TestCase;
 use TestApp\View\AppView;
+use Twig\Error\LoaderError;
 use Twig\Error\RuntimeError;
 use Twig\Error\SyntaxError;
 use Twig\Extra\Markdown\DefaultMarkdown;
@@ -256,6 +257,17 @@ public function testThrowSyntaxError(): void
         $this->view->render('syntaxerror', false);
     }
 
+    public function testTemplatePathRestriction(): void
+    {
+        $path = TMP . 'secret.txt';
+        file_put_contents($path, 'SECRET DATA from /tmp/secret.txt');
+        $view = new AppView();
+        $view->set('item', $path);
+        $this->expectException(LoaderError::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Could not find template');
+        $view->render('template_path_restriction');
+    }
+
     public function testHelperFunction(): void
     {
         $view = new AppView(null, null, null, [
diff --git a/tests/test_app/templates/template_path_restriction.twig b/tests/test_app/templates/template_path_restriction.twig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c672344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_app/templates/template_path_restriction.twig
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{#
+Ensure that `include` applies template path restriction, so that user data + include don't open
+up arbitrary file reads.
+#}
+{% include item %}
\ No newline at end of file